Andy Stephenson campaign update...

[Andy_Stephenson]

I'm back in Seattle after a successful week campaigning East of the
Cascades with Julie G. Thank you so much to everyone who helped
organize the trip! Big thank yous go out to Judy, Ken, Linda, Zach,
Wes and Flossie. I made many great contacts and had a wonderful time!

I had a meet&greet last Friday night in Yakima, and then I attended
Yakima's Gay Pride Picnic the next morning, where I garnered the
endorsement of the chair of the fourth congressional district. After
the picnic, we drove further east to attend Garfield County's
Tumbleweed Festival. The next day, we attended an event for Don
Barbieri in Pullman. On Monday, I spoke to a class at WSU in the
morning, had a lunch-time interview with the local paper, spoke to a
group of students and Pullman residents on campus at the CUB in the
afternoon and spent the evening at a lovely fundraiser at a wine bar
in town. I drove south on Tuesday to Clarkston to speak with an
enthusiastic group of Asotin County Democrats. On Wednesday, we
stopped to buy cherries at a farmstand; we met an 18-year-old girl who
had just registered to vote and was excited to be voting for the first
time this fall. We went on with our delicious cherries to visit the
Tri-Cities, where I spoke at the Benton County Democrats monthly
meeting.

It's nice to be home in my own bed again for a bit, but I'll be hitting
the road again soon enough! Thanks again to everyone who helped organize
my trip, hosted me and Julie en route, etc.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. You've been a travelling man!!!

Where do you head to next?

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

2. "Benton County Democrats"??

Now that's an endangered species! I lived there for five years and have never in my life seen an area that's so right wing and conservative. The area is "red-lined" with Hispanics relegated to Pasco and GBLT more marginalized than anywhere I've seen. Minorities are only tolerated if they "know their place." It's an appallingly stifling environment.